Time Symmetric Quantum Theory Without Retrocausality? A Reply to Tim Maudlin
Quantum Physics
2017-08-16 v1
Abstract
In arXiv:1707.08641, Tim Maudlin claims to construct a counterexample to the result of Proc. Roy. Soc. A vol. 473, iss. 2202, 2017 (arXiv:1607.07871), in which it was shown that no realist model satisfying a certain notion of time-symmetry (in addition to three other assumptions) can reproduce the predictions of quantum theory without retrocausality (influences travelling backwards in time). In this comment, I explain why Maudlin's model is not a counterexample because it does not satisfy our time-symmetry assumption. I also explain why Maudlin's claim that one of the Lemmas we used in our proof is incorrect is wrong.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1708.04364,
title = {Time Symmetric Quantum Theory Without Retrocausality? A Reply to Tim Maudlin},
author = {Matthew S. Leifer},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1708.04364},
year = {2017}
}
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12 pages, 3 figures, LaTeX